"Old Bricks - history at your feet"
Bricks with initials - where to locate them
A: (mystery)
A: Arscott Colliery
(triangle) A: Douglas Fireclay Works
A (with crown): Earl of Ancaster
A B: Abraham Bury
A B: Askam Brick
A B C: Alfreton Brick Co. or
A B C: A B Croxon, Burnham on Crouch
A B Co: Attercliffe Brick Co
A B & S Ltd: Abraham Brierley & Sons Ltd
A B & T : Allied Brick & Tile
A C: Alfred Coe
A C: Ashington Colliery Co.
A C C L: Ashington Colliery Co.
A F: Alfred Fuller
A H: (mystery)
A K: Andrew Knowles
A M: (foreign)
A N B & Co: A N Braithwaite & Co.
A P B: Adderley Park
A.P. Co.: Albert Prime
A P C: Axwell Park Colliery
A & T : Astley & Tyldesley
A V I C: Ashton Vale Iron Co.
A W: Ackers Whitley
- AXE (hyphen axe): Burn Fireclay
B: Belgrave Brick Co.
B: Lord Belper
B: Bentley Tileries
B B: Baggeridge
B B: Barnett & Beddows
B B: Bovingdon Brick
B B B: Ketley
B B B B: Wakeley Brothers
B B B W A: Botany Bay Brick Works Armley
B B C: Bursledon Brick Co or Bury Brick Co
B B C: Bletchley Brick Co.
B B C: Black Boy Colliery
B B C Co: Black Boy Coal Company
B B Co Bulwell: Bulwell Brick Co.
B. B. C. W: Burham Brick & Cement Works
B B & T Co: Birchenwood Brick & Tile Co
B B & T Co: Bovingdon Brick & Tile Co
B B & T Co Lim: Bradford Brick & Tile
B & C: (mystery)
B C & Bd C: Bradford Colliery, Manchester
B C: Bridgewater Collieries
B C: Askham Brick Company
B. C./B. C. C. (Derbyshire area): Bolsover Colliery
B C Co: Babbington Coal Co
B. C. I. Coy: Bestwood Coal & Iron
B. Close: Bishop's Close Colliery
B C M Bentley - Bentley Tileries
B C M Etruscan - George Woolliscroft & Son
B C M Hartshill - Hartshill
B C M Heather - Heather Brick & Terra Cotta Co. Ltd
BCM Horseshoe - John Caddick & Son Ltd
B C M / W L P T: Woolpit
B C P: (mystery)
B D S Co.: Builders Direct Supply Co
B F B Co: Birkby
B G & S: B Garside and Son
B H: (mystery)
B & H: (mystery)
B H B: Bentley Hall Brickworks
B H S: Berry Hill
B & L: Bolton & Laughton
B & L: Benfield & Loxley
B M C: Building Materials Co.
B M S S: Building Material Supply Stores
B N : (mystery)
B & N W B co: Birchills
B P: Brooks & Pickup
B P B: Blockleys
B P C: Bear Park Colliery
B P & S: Benjamin Pike & Son
B R: (foreign)
B S S P: Barry's Scarborough
B S T & L: Bingley Sanitary Tube & Lime Co
B & T: Balmforth & Tottey
B & V: Bolckow Vaughan & Co
B V: Bolckow Vaughan & Co
B V & Co: Bolckow Vaughan & Co
B V & Co W P: Bolckow Vaughan & Co
B V A P: Bolckow Vaughan & Co
B V B G: Bolckow, Vaughan & Co
B V L C: Bolckow Vaughan & Co
B V N: Bolckow, Vaughan & Co
B W B: Bolton Woods Brickworks
B W & S: Benjamin Whitaker & Sons
B W S: Whitaker, Leeds
B W S: Whitaker, Ravenscar
C: Claygate Fireplaces Ltd
C: for J H Cookson & Co
C with crown: Crown Clay Co
C B: Charlestown, Halifax
C B A: A B Croxon, Burnham on Crouch
C B B: Cakemore
C B C: Chester Brick Co
C B C: Cobridge Brick Co
C B Co: Charlestown, Halifax
C B Co: Cheshire Brick Co
C B Co: Cobridge Brick Co
C B & Co: Chadwick Barker
C B P & P Co: Commondale Brick, Pipe and Pottery Company Ltd
C. B W: (mystery)
C C: Crowborough
C & C Ld: Cochrane & Co Ltd
C & Co P: under C & Co, Pocklington
C C C: Cossall Colliery Co
C C C Ltd: Crosland Coal Company
C C C C: Cannock Chase Colliery Co
C F C: Calder Fireclay Co.
C C & F C Co: Cliffe Coal & Fire Clay Co
C H N: (mystery)
C I Co Ld: Consett Iron Co Ltd
C J R: (mystery)
C J S & Co: Saunders, Chesterfield
CK: Clifton & Kearsley
C L: (mystery)
C & M: Chapman & Morson
C O: Joseph Morton
C R: Charles Robinson
C R C: Cannock & Rugeley Collieries
C S: Croft Stone
C S C: Charlaw
C W: Clifford White
C X C: Clay Cross
D (in a circle): Duddell
D (in a diamond): Dyson Refractories
D B C: Darby Brick & Tile Works
D B Co Ltd: Derby Brick Co
D B C: see entries for Derby Brick Co. and Dorking Brick Co
D B T W: Darby Brick & Tile Works
D B W: Joseph Parr, Bootle
D C & Co.: Daniel Cornish
D C & S B & T C Durham: Durham City & Sidegate Brick & Tile Co
D D: Daniel, Doncaster
D F: David Fletcher
D & H: Derrington & Hales
D H B Co: Dagger Hey Brick Co
D I C C: Denby Iron & Coal
D K & Co: Dale Knapping
D K C C: Derby Kilburn Colliery
D L: Dorman Long
D & M (P & M): Parks & Marshall
D M C: Dalton Main Collieries Ltd
D M C C: Dinnington Main Colliery
D P & S: Daniel Platt, Tunstall
D R: Daniel Riddiough
D R: (foreign)
D S: Davies & Shaw
D & S: (mystery)
D S F: Derbyshire Silica Firebrick Co
E B & R: (mystery)
E C: Eastwood Mill Company
E C:Edward Cornish
E C C: Eli Cornish
E C L P: Rogers & Co, Wheal Remfry
E C P: East Cowes Park
E D: Earl of Durham or Earl of Derby
E D: Edwin Dusautoy, Derby
E F: Skiers Spring
E F W: Skiers Spring
E G: Edmund Grundy
E H: Edward Hamence
E H & Co.: Holt, Rossendale
E H & Co: (mystery)
E H C: East Hetton Colliery
E H E L: Swanton Novers
E & M: Emmerson & Milner
E P: Elliott Page
E P: Ellis Partridge, Woodville
E P B: (mystery)
E R B C: Enfield Red Brick Co
E S: Earl of Sefton
E T, Chilwell: Thompson, Chilwell
E V: Eli Vassar
F B & T Co: Foleshill Brick & Tile Co
F & B: Fountain & Burnley
F Co: (mystery)
F C C: Framwellgate Coal Co
F C Co: Framwellgate Coal Co
F C T: Fred Cornish, Tortoise
F F: (mystery)
F H: Frank Horner
F H B L: Fencehouses
F H B W: F A Hill, Redditch
F I C: Farnley Iron Co
F & J H T: Temperley, Todmorden
F L B: Freshfield Lane Brickworks
F & L: Ferens & Love
F R & Co; Frederick Rayner & Co. Gestingthorpe, Essex
F W: Fraser Woodbridge
F W P, Daggons Road: Daggons Road Brickworks
G A B: George Almond, Burnham
G B Co L : Gildenbergh Brick Co Ltd
G B M & S: George Backhouse Marshall & Sons
G C & Co: George Chadwick
G C R: George Clarke, Rishton
G C Q C L: Grays Chalk Quarries Co. Ltd
G E B K C + STN: George Knighton
G G D: G G Dalton
G H: George Haslehurst
G H C: (mystery)
G & J H: George & John Haigh
G L W: (mystery)
G M B: (foreign)
G Pd Rd or G P D: Grampound Road
G R: George Rixon
G R: General Refractories
G T & S: Tucker, Loughborough
G V & B: G Vint & Bros
G & W H C: Carter, Greatham
G W P: Great Western Pottery
G W R: Great Western Railway
H: Hamblet
H: Lord Hastings
H Bros: Holloway Bros
H Castleford: Healdfield
H & Co: W W Hall & Co
H & Co: Harriman & Co
H & Co: Harrison, Otley
H & Co: Hooper & Co
H & Co, Anslow: Harrison & Co
H A - 3: Coalmoor
H B T W: Hermitage, Newbury
H B: Hammill Brick Eastry Ltd
H B: Henry Bonsor or Hilary Bradley
H & B: Hopkinson & Bates
H B Co: Hangingwater Brick Co
H B & Co.: Hedingham Brick Co
H B B: Heeley Bank Brick Co
H B W: Hartley Brothers, Wakefield
H B W: (foreign)
H C Co: Harton Coal Company
H D: Heys & Duckworth
H D Castleford: Healdfield
H D M: Hugh Mainwaring
H F: Hugh Facey
H F: Hunwick & Newfield
H & F C Barnsley: H & F Chamberlain
H & G: Hall & Goulding
H G & Co, Fletton: Hicks
H G P: Henry Green
H H: H. Hawes
H & H: Harrison & Haigh
H E L: Swanton Novers
H F: Facey
H G M: Henry George Matthews
H G P: (mystery)
H H: Holly Hall
H I: (mystery)
H K: Henry Knights
H L: H. Lustig
H & M: Hadley & Morris
H M C: Hartley Main Colliery
H M B: Hadley's Metallic, Willenhall
H & N: Hunwick & Newfield
H P: Henry Priestley
H P. Lynn: Henry Plowright
H R: Henry Rowbotham
H & R: Hall & Rogers
H & R: Holding & Riley
H & S M C Co Ltd: Holmside and South Moor Collieries
H S: Harry Saunders
H S & C: Henry Stobart & Co
H T: Hosea Tugby
H W: Haunchwood
H W: Henry Wheeler
H W & Co.: Henry Williamson & Co
H + W: Hulland & Warner
H & W C: H & W Crapper
H W H: Hudsons West Hoathly
H (W) L: Hadley & Morris, Wednesbury
I & W. G: Ingham & Wainwright, Gawthorpe
I B C: Inkerman Brick Co
I B L: Ibstock Brick Leicester
I C Co: Ilkeston Colliery
I C: Isaac Chippendale
I E: John Ellis
I F: Isaac Flavell
I F G: Gosling
I H: Igmanthorpe Hall
I H R & Co: J H Richardson
I M P: (foreign)
I R D: Rowland, Dukinfield
I T W: John Thomas Wharton
I of W E: Isle of Walney Estates
J & A J: J & A Jackson
J & B H: J & B Harrison
J B : James Brown
J B & Co: John Brown, Rotherham
J B, Longton: James Bettany, Longton
J B & S: John Bakewell & Sons
J B W: John Bazley White
J & C B: J & C Boyle
J C: John Chambers
J. & J. C. G.: (mystery)
J E B: Billups (wales)
J E D: John Evelyn Denison
J E: James Evans
J F: Joseph Fryer
J G: (mystery)
J G & S: John Garland & Sons
J H: Joseph Hill
J H (with rope & anchor): Joseph Hamblet
J H C: Hamblet
J H G: Gosling
J H G: (mystery)
J H L & P: Love
J H P O: James Oakes, Nowton
J H R: (mystery)
J H S: J H Shepherd
J J A: Joberns, Aldridge
J J W: J J Wagstaff
J & J A H: J Haigh
J L: Joseph Longley or John Langley
J L B: (mystery)
J M & S: John Matthew & Son
J N P: John Nottingham, Pocklington
J O N: James Oakes, Nowton
J P: Joseph Parkinson
JP: James Pickard
J P: John Pike
J P B Co: (mystery)
J P D & C: (mystery)
J R: James Rainer
J R: Jacob Reynolds, St. Albans
J R: Joseph Roberts
J R & Co: Rogers & Co, Wheal Remfry
J. R P: John & Richard Porter
J R, Rainhill: John Roby
J S & S: John Sadler
J S S: James Stocks, Sharlston
J T: J Terry
J T & S: John Tomlinson & Son
J T & Son: John Tomlinson & Son
J T H: Joseph Towler, Holbeck
J T L: Thorougood
J T W: John Thomas Wren
J U I: (mystery)
J W: Jabez Woolley see Woolley, Bramley
J W: James Womersby
J W: John Walker
J W H: James William Halliwell
J & W: Johnson & Wroe
J & W B: J & William Buxton
J W: (mystery)
J W Rn: John Whittaker, Royton
K: Daniel Knights
K: Kemp
K: Ketley Brick
K: Kitchener
K B: Kilner Brothers
K B Ltd: Kilner Brothers
K B Co Ld: Killamarsh
K B & T Co.: Kettering Brick & Tile
K C: Kidsgrove Colliery
K & C: Keir & Cawder (Scotland)
K & D: Kaye & Darwin
K Co: Ketley Brick Co.
K P: Ketley Pavior (Ketley Brick)
K P: Kiveton Park
K P Ltd: Kinson Pottery Ltd
K R P: Knitsley Refractory Products
K T Co: Knutton Tileries
K T G: King Taudevin & Gregson Ltd
L: Lucas Brothers
L: T Ludlow
L A: (foreign)
L & A: Leverstock & Acorn
L B: (foreign)
L B C: London Brick Company
L B C: Lumley Brick Co
L B Co Ld: Leeds Brickmaking Co
L B B: Lingfield
LBSB Co: Langley
L L B W: Longmead Brick Works
L E: Luke Evans
L & E: Lockwood & Elliott
L F Co: Leeds Fireclay
L & G: Laycock & Grace
L H & J C: Lambton, Hetty & Joicey Collieries
L L C C: Low Laithes Colliery Co.
L N W R: London & North Western Railway
LP: Langley Park
L & P: Love
L P B: Leeds Patent Brick
L P B & Tile: Leicester Patent Brick & Tile
L R: (mystery)
L & T: Leeman & Thomas
L T B Co: Lapal Tunnel Brick Co
M: Malton
M: Mansfield
M: Thomas Marshall
M & Sons: William Moss & Sons
Mac: McCarthy's Bullwell
M B: Miles Barber
M B C/ M B & T C/MMBrick: Michelmersh
M B Co. W: Midland Brick Co. Wellingborough
M B & T Co: Milnrow Brick & Tile Co
M D R: Malton & Driffield Railway
M C B C: Mow Cop Brick Co.
M C Co: Middleton Colliery Co.
M C & I C: Midland Coal & Iron Co
M F & Sons: (mystery)
M & G: Marshall & Gray, Guiseley
M G: Mark Gentry
M G B W: Marshall Green
M G H: Mark Gentry, Hedingham
M H: Milton Hall
M H B: Blanchards, Bishops Waltham
M H B C: Meadow Hall Brick Co.
M K: KIngmoor
ML: McLachlan & Co
M & N: Monk & Newell (Wales)
M M: Maurice Marshall, Guiseley
M M C: Manvers Main Colliery
M & P: Mobberley and Perry
M S & Co: Marshall Sons & Co.
M & S Hall End: Morris & Shaw
M B Co L: Millom Brick Co
M O M: (mystery)
M S & W: Meek, Spence & Wilson
M S & B W: Mansfield Stone & Brick Works
M T & Co.: M Thompson & Co
M W: Midhurst Brick Co
M W: Margaret Wenn
N: Newington or Newdigate (Surrey)
N & A Bk Co: Nottingham & Awsworth Brick Co.
N B: North Bitchburn
N B C C L: North Bitchburn
N B C: New Brancepeth Colliery
N C: Newfield
N C: Norbury Colliery
N C & Co: Newton Chambers
N C B: National Coal Board
N C B: North Cornwall Brick
N. Cap: Newton Cap
N E B: North Eastern bricks
N G B: North Greaves
N H C: North Hetton Colliery
N M M Co: mystery
N P B: New Peterborough Brick Co
N P B High Carr: Nonporous Tile Co
N P C: Porth
N S: See British Steel
N S Brick Co. Hartshill: North Staffordshire Brick Co
N S B and N & S B: Norfolk & Suffolk Brick Co
N W B Co: North Walsall Brick Co
N W B & T Co Ld: Monk & Newell (Ruabon, wales)
N W D A: Wear Valley
N W G: (mystery)
O: (mystery)
O 7 K: Sevenoaks
O B C: Ormsgill Brick Co
O B W: Outwood Brick Works
O C & B C: Oswestry
O H C: Hamsteels
O M E: Owners of the Middlesbrough Estate
OSTA: Owen, St. Albans
O W C: Owners of Wearmouth Colliery
P: William Pringle
P with crown: Poltimore Brickworks, Pinhoe
P B Co. Ltd: Potteries Brick Co
P & D: Pringle & Donkin
P F B: Park Foundry Brick Co
P G - Parkgate
P G & R: Partridge Guest & Raybould
P & G: Partridge & Guest, Old Hill
P H (refractory bricks): Pickford Holland & Co
P H: Hedingham Brick Co., Purls Hill Works
P & H, Cobridge: Plant & Hammersley
P L: Pratt's Ltd
P & M: Parks & Marshall
P & P: Pope & Pearson
P R C: Princess Royal Colliery
P & S: Parkinson & Spencer, Halifax
P S B: Pluckley Stock Bricks
R & A Bletchley: Read & Andrews
RB: Lathom
R B C: Redheugh Brick Co
R B Co: South Buckley Colliery & Brickworks (Wales)
R C: Rowlands Castle
R C: Robert Chenery
R & C: Rigley & Claxton, Heanor
R E: Richard Evans
R E & Co: R Entwistle & Co.
REK: R E Knowles
R G D Bury: R G Durrant
R H & S: Robert Heath
R H: Richard Hartley
R H: Robert Hunt
R H: Robert Hutson
R K: Robert Kershaw
R L: Rippers Ltd
R L: (mystery)
R M & S: Richard Mason & Sons
R P & F Co: Dearnley Brickworks
R P B: Lathom
R P C: Richard Platt
R. R.: (mystery)
R R B Co.: Rock Red Brick Co
R S: Robert Swinton
RS with crossed keys: Cross Keys
R T B: Richard Thomas & Baldwins (Wales)
R T & Co: Richard Thomas & Co
R T L: (mystery)
R V: Rother Vale
R W Beswick: Richard Williams
R & W: Rushforth & Wheatley
RYK: Ryarsh Yard Kent
S: Ernest S Styles
S 8: (mystery)
S (with crown): Spencer
S & Co: Savage
S A L I C: Salvation Army Land Industrial Colony
S A S: Sacriston
S B: Lilleshall Company
S B Co: Somerleyton Brick Co
S B Co: Sudbury Brick Co
S B / S B H: Swan Bank Halifax
S B & B: Swan Brothers & Bourne
S B C: Scottish Brick Company (Scotland)
S B Co: Scarborough
S B B Coy: Smithy Bridge Brick Company
S B E C: Sussex Brick & Estates Co Ltd
S B T: Southwater
S B W: Sturbridge Brick Works
S C B W: Sayers Common Brick Works
S & C: Scantlebury & Co, Gaverigan
S C C: Stella Coal Company or Sheffield Coal Company
S C Co: Station Colliery Company or Stella Coal Company
S D: Smeed Dean
S D B: Southdown
S D C: Seaton Delaval Colliery
S D H S: Samuel Daubney Hibbert
S D R: Dyson Group
S E B: South Elmsall
S G B: Stourbridge Glazed Brick
S & H: Smith & Hitchmough
S H C C: South Hetton Coal Co
S I C: Stanton Ironworks Co
S I & C: Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co
S & L: Straker & Love
S & L B Co: Slough and Langley Brick Co
S M: South Medomsley
S M C: Scremerston Main Colliery
S M C Co: South Moor Coal Co.
S O L: Scottish Oils Ltd (Scotland)
Spinella: General Refractories
S P B C: Sheffield Patent Brick Co
S P W: Single Party Wall
S R: Swann Radcliffe
Star of David mark: P & S Wood, West Bromwich
S S E Co.: Southend on Sea, Essex
St B: Stanfield Colliery, Burslem
S T: (mystery)
S T C Co.: Stone Trough Colliery Co
S T N: (mystery)
S U B: Scarborough United Brick
S U G L Co: Sheffield United Gas Light Co
S & W: Savage & Williams
S W B: Foss
S W S: Samuel Wilkinson & Sons
T B Derby: Thomas Bennett, Derby
T & B: Thompson & Beck
T B N: Thomas Brand
T C & Co: T Charlton
T & P: Thackrah & Peirce
T E C Co: Toll End Colliery Company
Temco: Thomas Marshall
T H: The How Brickworks
T H: Tudhoe
T H B: Thomas Hedley & Brothers
T H L: (mystery)
T H & P: Townsend, Hargreaves & Barlow
T H & S: Thomas Hind & Son
T H & G S: T H & G Small
T H & B Bacup: Townsend, Hargreaves & Barlow
T L B: Thomas Lawrence, Bracknell
T M F B Co: Thomas Marshall
T P S C: Stableford, Chellaston
T R T: (mystery)
T S: Thomas Smith
T S L: Tucker, Loughborough
T T : (coping)
T & T: Thompson & Taylor
T V: Trent Vale
T V: Tyne Vale
T V B Co: Trent Valley Brick Co. Stafford
T W: Thomas Wild
T W & Co: (mystery)
T W Co: Thomas Williams (Wales)
U B Co: (foreign, USA)
U F P: United Fireclay Products (Scotland)
U M C: Ushaw Moor Colliery
V B: Victoria Brickworks
V B & T Co: Victoria Brick & Tile Works
V G C: Victoria Garesfield Colliery
V L: Vane Londonderry
W (in Star of David): P & S Wood
W: Waingroves or Winchcombe
W: Woodward
W2: (mystery)
W A: Wheal Grey
W & A: Walley & Alsop
W A S: Walter Ainley, Storth
Walham: Wintle
W & Co: Henry Williamson & Co
W & W T S: (mystery)
W B: William Booth
W B: William Brough
W B: Barry's Scarborough
W B Co.: Wigwell Brick Co
W B. M: William Bradley, Millom
W & B: Wilson & Booth, Meadowhead
W B & Sons: William Beardsley
W B B: William Bartholomew Best
W B O: (mystery)
W B & T Co: Wrexham Brick & Tile Co. (N E Wales pages)
W B & T Co.: Withnell Brick & Tile Co
W B W: Woodside Brick Works, Croydon
W C: William Case
W C: (mystery)
W C Co Ld: Whitwick Colliery
W C M, W C Malton & W C Malton Scarboro: William Coverdale, Malton
W & C: Weldon & Corby
W & C: Wharton & Chambers
W & C C: (mystery)
W C & Co.: Wooler, Chapman & Co
W C: William Carr
W C L: Wynnstay Colliery Ltd (Ruabon, Wales)
W D B: William David Boothman
W D C: W D Cornish
W D L: William Drury Lowe, Denby
W E: William Edmundson
W E Co: Carloggas
W E P: West End Park, Harrogate
W F: (mystery)
W F B Co: Witton Fire Brick Co
W F B & T: Weston Favell Brick & Tile
W F C C: Wortley Fire Clay Co
W F I: (mystery)
W G and W G B: Gradwell
W G: William Green
W G: William Gunton
W H: William Hall
W H: William Hammond
W H: Wrose Hill
W H: (mystery)
W H C: West Hunwick Colliery
W & H C C: Wallsend & Hebburn Colliery Co
W H S: William Hewitt, Stowmarket
W & I: Wood & Ivery
W I S Coy Ltd: Workington Iron & Steel Co Ltd
W J G: W J Greenwood
W J L: William James Larner
W K: Wokingham
W L: William Liner
W Ltd: Wengers Ltd
W M: West Melton
W M: (mystery)
W M H: (mystery)
W M & S: William Moss & Sons
W O B: William Ormrod, Bolton
W P: Wills & Packham
W P: William Parkinson
W P & S: William Pickard & Sons
W R: William Reed
W S: William Sutcliffe
W S: Woodside
W S Ironi: Woodside
W S C: Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery
W S C C: Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery
WT HK: West Hunwick
W & T B: William & Thomas Broadbent
W T M: William & Thomas Meadows
W T W: William Thomas, Wellington
W V C: Wear Valley
W & W: Wilkins & Webster, Coventry
W & W: Wilson & Walker, Pontefract
W W: William Wright
W W: (mystery)
W W S: Simpkin Thrussington
ZMAN: (foreign)